The Start Up Selling Prefabricated Homes from London’s Biggest Architects

A revolution is coming to the world of prefabricated homes. And we can thank design when it does.

Adapting to all those irregular spaces — cramped, abandoned, or carved out of other structures — Philip Bueno de Mesquita, founder of Cube Haus, has involved major British architecture studios in the quest for the perfect prefabricated modular home.

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In one fell swoop, de Mesquita takes architecture to places it’s never been, and at a budget never seen before.

Simple and forward thinking, it’s the kind of idea that doesn’t come along everyday. Prefabricated products are assembled to fill difficult spaces with a little help from the biggest names in London’s architecture scene.

The prefabricated modules will be produced in the United Kingdom and assembled by Cube Haus on site specific areas, or sold and assembled directly by clients. Structures are built in laminated wood and clad in eco-sustainable materials.

Proposals from the architecture studios involved vary in a vast range of solutions. Adjaye Associates focuses on modules aimed at satisfying the numerous needs of space and livability. Meanwhile, SCDLP presents a structure featuring a central “vertical” hearth — capable of providing hot water and electric energy — that superimposes another adaptable construction.

Carl Turner for Cube Haus - visualisation by Edit.rs

Carl Turner focuses on linear elegance with two conceptually similar projects arriving at diverse solutions. The first is developed along a flat-roofed single floor, enclosing a garden at its core, while the second features stacked modules enclosing a central terrace. Clients are left with the choice between a flat, sloped, or pitched roof.

Adjaye Associates for Cube Haus - visualisation by Edit.rs

The visionary talent and attention to details distinguishing the design of Faye Toogood starts with simplicity in an essential proposal. It’s the classical British home: a simple, one floor building with a sloped roof whose only particular feature is the recess in which to create a garden or plant a tree. Clients can choose between the galvanized steel or the wooden cladding for their prefabricated home in an effort to adapt to either an urban or rural context. Interiors also pair well with the structure’s façade, boasting a cream color for the former and a more simple plywood in the latter.

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Adjaye Associates for Cube Haus - visualisation by Edit.rs

The cost of the Cube Haus is around 1,300 sterlings per square meter. And while it may not be the solution for everyone, it’s a great opportunity for those who never thought it possible to own a design home.